Monthly Archives: December 2013

AS BLACK SABBATH was giving German rockers a blast from the past in Frankfurt last week, another band was setting up in one of the giant halls of the city’s exhibition centre. This band, however, had never touched their instruments before. This is because they had been made only days earlier with the help of […]

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Paul Markillie is Innovation Editor of The Economist. He specialises in writing about emerging and disruptive technologies. His special report “The Third Industrial Revolution” was published by The Economist in 2012 as a cover story and attracted international interest. Other more recent reports include "Knit me a car", a special report on new materials in manufacturing. His previous special reports have included carmaking, aerospace and logistics. Paul was The Economist’s first Asian Business Correspondent, based in Hong Kong, and also served as Asia Editor.